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he fell asleep and tom smith moved up. to criticize tom smith for being tea party tom, i love it. a lot of people embrace the policies of the tea party. >> tea party, smith is not going to sell to the south part of the state. i have no problem with tom smith spend the money from his personal fortune. that is fine. calling senator casey empty. that is wrong. he has been on the front lines of protecting workers' rights. he has made sure our environment has been kept clean. senator casey has been a leader on education. he has been an outstanding leader on foreign policy, standing up for allies like israel. senator casey has been an outstanding senator. for tom smith to suggest otherwise is wrong. it is fine for tom smith to go on the air and compare his ideas for example wanting to shut down medication -- medicare as we know it. that is a legitimate debate to have. but going on the air and sending $20 million to attack senator casey is what people are sick and tired of. he will be rejected in this election. host: let's go to bismarck, north dakota. thanks for waiting. caller: i would
he fell asleep and tom smith moved up. to criticize tom smith for being tea party tom, i love it. a lot of people embrace the policies of the tea party. >> tea party, smith is not going to sell to the south part of the state. i have no problem with tom smith spend the money from his personal fortune. that is fine. calling senator casey empty. that is wrong. he has been on the front lines of protecting workers' rights. he has made sure our environment has been kept clean. senator casey has...
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host: tom, does it feel like there is a lot of attention focused on this? but you are in south dakota, not impacting you directly. caller: it is, in a way, we are in one of the worst drought of many years here. we would like to see some of the rain come our way. host: thank you. a.j., that larouche. [dial tone] never mind. looking at how things are shaping up, the strategy from the champagne region from the campaign's has a strategy. this is from "the ohio times." "the last time anyone can remember anyone traveling -- you think?hat do campaigns are shifting their schedules and changing what they are doing. this is "the new york times." "a nightmare makes landfall." "the people running the campaign for president have more than enough fodder for nightmares. worse, come daybreak, their worst fears may come true." host: joining us now is bob cain, energy editor at politico. he has been looking at the impact of the hurricane on campaign 2012. good morning. thank you for joining us. what are the implications looking like right now in terms of this campaign schedu
host: tom, does it feel like there is a lot of attention focused on this? but you are in south dakota, not impacting you directly. caller: it is, in a way, we are in one of the worst drought of many years here. we would like to see some of the rain come our way. host: thank you. a.j., that larouche. [dial tone] never mind. looking at how things are shaping up, the strategy from the champagne region from the campaign's has a strategy. this is from "the ohio times." "the last time...
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she often said that it was not her who wrote "uncle tom's cabin." it was the hand of god or of this novel. >> campaign 2012 provides a live and on demand coverage of all e presidential and vice- presidential debate. it is the only place where you will see our live coverage behind the scenes sights and sounds before and after the debate. each the big question is available as a separate clip. you can read streaming tweets from political reporters and other reactions at campaign 2012 debate hub. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us for the discussion on the unemployment rate is mj lee. guest: thanks for having me. host: can you tell us how we got to this figure? guest: the economy added 114,000 jobs in september and that brought the unemployment rate down from 8.1% back in august down to 7.8%. that is a big drop compared to previous months. i think there is confusion about how we got there when 114,000 is really not a spectacular number. i think the july and august revisions were revised up in september and added 80,000 jobs. i think tha
she often said that it was not her who wrote "uncle tom's cabin." it was the hand of god or of this novel. >> campaign 2012 provides a live and on demand coverage of all e presidential and vice- presidential debate. it is the only place where you will see our live coverage behind the scenes sights and sounds before and after the debate. each the big question is available as a separate clip. you can read streaming tweets from political reporters and other reactions at campaign...
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and we take to the church where she wrote the book uncle tom's cabin. as well as other local authors document and some events in the history of maine. let us listen in. >> this is there a city and main that has a major river. we occupy both sides of the river. and east and west side of the river. the river has become the defining point for us in the city of agusta. that is unique. the other thing that is unique about agusta, the state capital. we have access to the state's legislature and the governor's mansion. and all of the government services. to expect to have with it being the state capital. the state capital has its benefits. we are proud of being the state capital. as most capitals, i am sure if you have been too, the state government in your backyard -- it can pose some difficulties, some sort of stresses. but we of a good working relationship with the state. and we get along with them. and we appreciate the benefits of being the capital. >> can you speak to some of the challenges? >> we have a significant amount of untaxed property, because th
and we take to the church where she wrote the book uncle tom's cabin. as well as other local authors document and some events in the history of maine. let us listen in. >> this is there a city and main that has a major river. we occupy both sides of the river. and east and west side of the river. the river has become the defining point for us in the city of agusta. that is unique. the other thing that is unique about agusta, the state capital. we have access to the state's legislature and...
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tom democratic calller. last calller for kathy sullivan. caller: i would just like to know that romney reaches a lot about national-security. being hispanic, there's a lot of working-class people. i would like to know, has anyone in his family ever been in the military service? i mean, here he is talking national security. we send our sons to foreign wars and all these things happen with people's kids, but what about his kids? anyone in his family ever been to war? host: i am not sure you know the answer to that question, but why are military issues of the deal in new hampshire? guest: i think military issues are a big issue everywhere, but we do have been able shipyard, and we also have their force base and national guard. i think like every state in the country, we also have some defense contractors as well. security is always a big issue. for example, my parents were both world war ii vetrans. you find a lot of veterans in new hampshire. the important thing is to look at the record in comparison to record. president obama has a great rec
tom democratic calller. last calller for kathy sullivan. caller: i would just like to know that romney reaches a lot about national-security. being hispanic, there's a lot of working-class people. i would like to know, has anyone in his family ever been in the military service? i mean, here he is talking national security. we send our sons to foreign wars and all these things happen with people's kids, but what about his kids? anyone in his family ever been to war? host: i am not sure you know...
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the significance the story of an uncle tom's cavan is that in many ways the stories began here. it was here that harriet beecher stowe, by her account, saw visions of uncle tom being whipped to death. as you probably know, that is the title character of her 18529 at -- novel. the novel was written very much as a protest novel to the fugitive slave law, which mandated in 1850 that anyone in the north, where the abolitionists' lived, if anyone there was to aid a fugitive slave, they themselves would be in prison, fined for breaking the law. this was seen as a compromise to avoid war between the north and south. that was part of what the novel was trying to do. sensuous of against slavery, like most of new england, and it is my right to help a slave who finds himself or herself in that position. we are not a slave state and we should be allowed to practice our laws as we see feet -- see fit. >> more on harriet beecher stowe this weekend as we look behind the scenes at the history and literary life of augusta, maine. saturday, noon eastern, and sunday, 5:00 p.m., c-span 3. host: we
the significance the story of an uncle tom's cavan is that in many ways the stories began here. it was here that harriet beecher stowe, by her account, saw visions of uncle tom being whipped to death. as you probably know, that is the title character of her 18529 at -- novel. the novel was written very much as a protest novel to the fugitive slave law, which mandated in 1850 that anyone in the north, where the abolitionists' lived, if anyone there was to aid a fugitive slave, they themselves...
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its significance to the story of an uncle tom's cabin is in many ways the story began here. in is in this new number 23 that harriet beecher stowe saw a vision of uncle tonoose being whipped to death. all cocom, as you probably know, is the title character, bureau "uncleher 1853 not vel cabin."ptainm's if anyone in the north or to aid or abet a fugitive slave, they themselves would be imprisoned or fine for breaking the law. the bill was seen as a compromise between the north and south to avoid war. so that was part of what the novel was trying to do, to say i'm a christian and i'm against slavery, as was most of new england and it's my right to help a slave to find himself or herself in our borders, we have the right to do that because we're not a slave state and we should be allowed to practice our love as we see fit. >> more this weekend on c-span2, behind-the-scenes of the history and literary life of augusta, maine. and 5:00 p.m. on. 3-- and at 5:00 p.m. on c-span3 as well. >> "washington journal" continues. host: christine mcconville is a reporter at the boston herald,
its significance to the story of an uncle tom's cabin is in many ways the story began here. in is in this new number 23 that harriet beecher stowe saw a vision of uncle tonoose being whipped to death. all cocom, as you probably know, is the title character, bureau "uncleher 1853 not vel cabin."ptainm's if anyone in the north or to aid or abet a fugitive slave, they themselves would be imprisoned or fine for breaking the law. the bill was seen as a compromise between the north and...
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tom, good morning. caller: you do a great job. thank you for c-span. my perception of the 2010 election is the republicans campaigned on jobs. my perception is as soon as they got in, they pivoted to the deficit. that became the huge problem. now we see romney campaigning on jobs. in freeport, ill., bain capital is seeking to move jobs to china. host: we will give a response. guest: he is not seeking to move jobs to china. that is the plant that employs 170 local people in freeport, ill., which was the site of the lincoln-douglas debates. they not only have those in police training chinese replacements on site, they shipped -- they not only had those employees training their chinese replacements on site, they shipped the equipment overseas. mitt romney was pointing his finger of the president for his record on unemployment when mitt romney is contributing to unemployment by firing american workers and should in the jobs china. there was a whole program on in this nbc on friday -- on msnbc on friday with all of those workers. he had a gentleman on from
tom, good morning. caller: you do a great job. thank you for c-span. my perception of the 2010 election is the republicans campaigned on jobs. my perception is as soon as they got in, they pivoted to the deficit. that became the huge problem. now we see romney campaigning on jobs. in freeport, ill., bain capital is seeking to move jobs to china. host: we will give a response. guest: he is not seeking to move jobs to china. that is the plant that employs 170 local people in freeport, ill., which...
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host: tom, thank you so much. i want to point out a story from yesterday, the announcement that joe biden will be attending and representing the obama administration at tuesday's state funeral for arlen specter. the great senator who lived his life the way that he died, with dignity and courage, according to joe biden in a statement. he died sunday of complications from cancer. he was 82 years old. for more comments from twitter about the debates and more about what the moderator should be doing tonight, gary rights in -- host: and in other campaign news today, this from "the new york times." we will be talking about campaign ad spending in one of our later segments. the republican party is going to a late push to raise tens of millions of dollars in the last weeks of the election. the romney campaign said that it had raised $170 million in september. but the campaign added that they needed to bring in even more money in october to capitalize on the mr. romney surge in the polls. there was a three day retreat for
host: tom, thank you so much. i want to point out a story from yesterday, the announcement that joe biden will be attending and representing the obama administration at tuesday's state funeral for arlen specter. the great senator who lived his life the way that he died, with dignity and courage, according to joe biden in a statement. he died sunday of complications from cancer. he was 82 years old. for more comments from twitter about the debates and more about what the moderator should be...
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here is an e-mail from tom in virginia. host: next call, patricia from california. why are you undecided? caller: it is difficult after a good debate which touched a lot of issues that i was interested in. nobody mentioned anything about foreign policy, which i consider my number one issue. for that reason, i have not picked a party this year. i was a democrat in my younger days. i agreed with our social values. however, in getting more experienced, i understood that you cannot run a country only on taxing the people. you have to have a system that is going to produce wealth at only consume wealth. i became a republican. i have great difficulty with the republicans as well as the foreigns' focus on policy. i do not like war. i don't think we have any business being in the middle east. i follow the persuasions of ron paul but that went nowhere. obama came across last night like a college professor. he was very didactic. you could almost see him shaking his finger at the graduates whose minds would be so easily swayed. didn't work with mitt romney and an intelligence
here is an e-mail from tom in virginia. host: next call, patricia from california. why are you undecided? caller: it is difficult after a good debate which touched a lot of issues that i was interested in. nobody mentioned anything about foreign policy, which i consider my number one issue. for that reason, i have not picked a party this year. i was a democrat in my younger days. i agreed with our social values. however, in getting more experienced, i understood that you cannot run a country...
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the democratic atlantic mayor and the nbc news special correspondent tom brokaw. "this week."s chris00, fox news sunday's wallace sits down with david .xelrod and ed gillespie "state of the new" follows at 3:00. guests include robert gibbs and bill burton. grover norquist, president of americans for tax reform. bob schieffer talks about the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya was senator lindsey graham. the house oversight chairman and the ranking democratic member of the committee. the sending network talk shows reairing on c-span real are brought to you as a public service by the networks and c- span. at 1:00, "this week." at 3:00 , "state of the union." you can listen to them all on c- span radio. you can listen on your phone or go online to c-spanradio.org. >> eisenhower would never tell anybody if he were going to use nuclear weapons. why is this important? in the 1950's when nuclear weapons were new and we had threatened to use them, but nobody ever knew if he was serious or not. to be credible as a deterrent, you have to be credible. ike never told anybody. talk about
the democratic atlantic mayor and the nbc news special correspondent tom brokaw. "this week."s chris00, fox news sunday's wallace sits down with david .xelrod and ed gillespie "state of the new" follows at 3:00. guests include robert gibbs and bill burton. grover norquist, president of americans for tax reform. bob schieffer talks about the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya was senator lindsey graham. the house oversight chairman and the ranking democratic member of the...
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here's a comment from tom. host: we have a few tweets, as well. tweets.ing #cspan2012 if you have a tweet, hash tag it there and we will find it. host: first-time voters only for this segment of "washington journal." up next is giono in colorado -- this is bill in colorado. why are you a first-time voter? caller: my father voted it both ways. he taught us to vote for the lesser of the two evils. i'm undecided on which way to vote. i chose to take my right to vote. last night on the presidential candidates, obama got to speak a lot more than romney did. the lady running the debate cut romney off a lot. i wish i could hear both candidates' side of the story. host: according to some statistics, president obama got 44 minutes and mitt romney got 40 minutes. what is an issue that is getting you out to vote in this election? caller: the economy. my father was born in a coal miner's son in west virginia. they raced us in taxes and i move to colorado. -- they raised us in texas. energy our coal and should be used more wisely. you said that about the minut
here's a comment from tom. host: we have a few tweets, as well. tweets.ing #cspan2012 if you have a tweet, hash tag it there and we will find it. host: first-time voters only for this segment of "washington journal." up next is giono in colorado -- this is bill in colorado. why are you a first-time voter? caller: my father voted it both ways. he taught us to vote for the lesser of the two evils. i'm undecided on which way to vote. i chose to take my right to vote. last night on the...
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host: one more call from tom in indiana. good morning. caller: good morning. i will try to keep it brief. i cannot tell you how frustrating it is to listen to this conversation has someone from the midwest. -- as someone from the midwest. i'm not sure why the denman kids, we are only subsidizing maintenance -- the gentleman keeps claiming we are only subsidizing and cross when everybody knows that if you are giving $20 for this or that, they will have $20 more for running the operation. and i'm not sure what impact that has. if you go back in history, read some of the neo-socialist literature, they talk about a strategy for taking away the rural areas by increasing mass transit and making gasoline extremely expensive and making it almost completely impossible to live outside the big cities. i'm not saying that is necessarily what is going on right now, but i am saying that is the direction we are headed. it seems to me that transit is clearly under the umbrella of the 10th amendment. the only thing more frustrating is listening to the guy from the national end
host: one more call from tom in indiana. good morning. caller: good morning. i will try to keep it brief. i cannot tell you how frustrating it is to listen to this conversation has someone from the midwest. -- as someone from the midwest. i'm not sure why the denman kids, we are only subsidizing maintenance -- the gentleman keeps claiming we are only subsidizing and cross when everybody knows that if you are giving $20 for this or that, they will have $20 more for running the operation. and i'm...
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host: tom joins us from massachusetts now. caller: a few callers ago referred to florida as being ruled by republicans for the last 10 years. the bluest states, the most liberal states, in massachusetts it was the land of the blue hills. we have had the past three speakers of the house be convicted felons for doing all sorts of wrong things with their power and gaining favor monetarily in the state. the state is so overruled with regulation, bylaws, and taxation, the private-sector is just selling beyond belief. we have things that create problems that are totally unnecessary. the state code is so rigid that no one could build their own house by themselves anymore. it has probably increased by 35% to 40% because of the extra things you have to place in a house, like safe windows and bracketing. many, many things make it so expensive to live in this state. it is totally unfair to the private sector. guest: taxachussets was thrown out when governor dukakis was running in 1988. as blue a state as it is, three- one democrat over r
host: tom joins us from massachusetts now. caller: a few callers ago referred to florida as being ruled by republicans for the last 10 years. the bluest states, the most liberal states, in massachusetts it was the land of the blue hills. we have had the past three speakers of the house be convicted felons for doing all sorts of wrong things with their power and gaining favor monetarily in the state. the state is so overruled with regulation, bylaws, and taxation, the private-sector is just...
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this is tom on our support mitt romney line. what do you think of last night's debate? caller: i did was pretty good for obama. for mitt romney -- everything sounds good purity does not have a spine. he does not care about american people. he just wants to be like the president. i do not understand why people in america will vote for a man who does not have any spine. will not take a position on military. it just bothers me that people in america will let a man who does not care about american people or the troops. host: from the hill, under pressure from romney, obama says military sequester will not happen. president obama said flatly that sequestration will not happen as he defended against attacks from mitt romney over the fence cuts at monday night's debate. -- thigh had debate fatigue. i am glad they are over. now, maybe best man we would. and honor and decided line -- swing state voters only. rita, good morning. why are you undecided? caller: i was undecided. not any more. i have seen many, many debates. i follow you. i follow all the channels. i even take the ch
this is tom on our support mitt romney line. what do you think of last night's debate? caller: i did was pretty good for obama. for mitt romney -- everything sounds good purity does not have a spine. he does not care about american people. he just wants to be like the president. i do not understand why people in america will vote for a man who does not have any spine. will not take a position on military. it just bothers me that people in america will let a man who does not care about american...
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yesterday, former south carolina senator tom daschle spoke at the funeral of george mcgovern, former democratic senator and 1972 presidential candidate, who passed away at the age of 90. this is what -- this is some of what senator daschle had to say at the funeral services for george mcgovern. >> i've never known anybody who preached the gospel more effectively in so many ways than george. a peacemaker, a humanitarian, a teacher, a minister, a congressman, a senator, a voice for the voiceless, and a champion for hungry children. in some ways, it's an irony that george's adult life began in war. when asked about his military service, he would always minimize his heroism. but the fact is that if he'd done nothing after reaching the age of 25 years old, today we'd be celebrating the life of an american hero. 35 minutes in a b-24 -- 35 missions in a b-24, and as was said so well last night, it would have been a lot more had the war gone on. a lot more than one close call. shrapnel penetrating a windshield at one point, nearly killing him. a blown wheel, an emergency landing, and on his
yesterday, former south carolina senator tom daschle spoke at the funeral of george mcgovern, former democratic senator and 1972 presidential candidate, who passed away at the age of 90. this is what -- this is some of what senator daschle had to say at the funeral services for george mcgovern. >> i've never known anybody who preached the gospel more effectively in so many ways than george. a peacemaker, a humanitarian, a teacher, a minister, a congressman, a senator, a voice for the...